IDOPORT PTY LTD v NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LTD & ORS; IDOPORT PTY LTD v ARGUS; IDOPORT PTY LTD v NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LTD & ORS [2002] NSWCA 271

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : IDOPORT PTY LTD v NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LTD & ORS; IDOPORT PTY LTD v ARGUS; IDOPORT PTY LTD v NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LTD & ORS [2002] NSWCA 271 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40124/02; 40125/02; 40126/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 23 July 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 August 2002

IDOPORT PTY LTD v NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LTD & ORS PARTIES : IDOPORT PTY LTD v ARGUS IDOPORT PTY LTD v AUSTRALIA BANK LTD & ORS JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Stein JA at 86; Giles JA at 87

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Equity Division LOWER COURT ED 50113/98 FILE NUMBER(S) : ED 50026/99 ED 3991/00 LOWER COURT Einstein J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : Appellant: B W Walker SC/ M G McHugh Respondent: T F Bathurst QC/ H K Insall SC SOLICITORS : Appellant: Freehills Respondent: Withnell Hetherington CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - order for payment of security for costs - limited liability plaintiff - prodeedings dismissed for non-compliance - relevant factors - Supreme Court Rules pt 53 r4 - APPEAL - discretionary judgment - requirement of substantial injustice (D) Adam P Brown Male Fashions Pty Ltd v Philip Morris Inc (1981) 148 CLR 170 . Australian Conservation Foundation v Forestry Commission (1988) 19 FCR 125 Australian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation v The Commonwealth (1953) 94 CLR 621 Bowen v Hickey (1958) 78 WN(NSW) 820 Cachia v Hanes (1994) 179 CLR 403 . Cowell v Taylor (1885) 31 Ch D 34, Harpur v Ariadne [1984] 2 Qd R 523 CASES CITED: House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Lovell v Lovell (1950) 81 CLR 513 Melville v Craig Nowlan & Associates Pty Ltd (2002) 119 LGERA 186 Micallef v ICI Australia Operations Pty Ltd & Anor [2001] NSWCA 274). Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 Multicon Engineering Pty Ltd v Federal Airports Corporation (1997) 47 NSWLR 631 Rugby Union Players Association Inc v Australia Rugby Union Ltd (SCNSW, 50225/96, unreported, 30 July 1997): Sinclair v British Telecommunications plc [2001] 1 WLR 38 Wardley Australia Ltd v Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs